Archived listing. The details below describe a past opening.
NEW YORK CITY
SEATTLE
BOSTON
WASHINGTON DC - MCLEAN
LOS ANGELES
SAN FRANCISCO
Full time
JR-261862
JOB REQUISITION
AWS EKS Lead - Cloud Platform Engineering Manager
LOCATION
NEW YORK CITY
ADDITIONAL LOCATION(S)
BOSTON, LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON DC - MCLEAN
JOB DESCRIPTION
You Belong Here
The Protiviti Career provides opportunity to learn, inspire, and advance within a collaborative and inclusive culture. We hire curious individuals for whom learning is a passion. We lean into our mission: We Care. We Collaborate. We Deliver.
At every level, we champion leaders who live our values of integrity, inclusion, innovation, and commitment to success. Imagining our work as a journey, we believe integrity guides our way, inclusion moves us forward together, innovation creates new destinations, and our commitment to success empowers us to deliver on our vision to be the most trusted global consulting firm.
Where We Need You
Protiviti is looking for a Technology Consulting Manager to join our growing Infrastructure, Cloud, and Security Engineering team.
What You Can Expect
As a Manager, you’ll partner with our clients to solve complex business problems and provide impactful advice and solutions. You’ll develop lasting relationships with client personnel and further these relationships through quality product delivery. You’ll foster a network within the business community and serve as an ambassador of Protiviti in the market. You will also be a mentor, trainer, and coach to Consultants and Senior Consultants as you facilitate the successful completion of project work plans.
As an AWS EKS Lead, you will architect and deliver scalable, secure, and resilient cloud platforms leveraging Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), Infrastructure as Code, and modern DevOps practices. You will work closely with client stakeholders, engineering teams, architects, and executive leadership to accelerate cloud adoption and improve business outcomes.
You will lead cloud platform assessments, modernization programs, containerization initiatives, migration efforts, and operational transformation engagements. You will also contribute to business development, solution development, and thought leadership across the cloud ecosystem.
What Will Help You Be Successful
- You enjoy designing and implementing modern AWS cloud solutions.
- You are motivated to learn and interested in all things related to AWS including the latest trends and developments.
- You are passionate about building relationships with clients and providing exceptional experiences.
- You have an inherent interest in project management and team leadership.
- You promote a positive team culture that fosters open communication among all engagement team members.
- You create development opportunities for others, including participating in the creation and rollout of training, and ways for your team to improve our clients and communities.
- You have interest in participating in the preparation of client proposals and strategies to win new business.
- You have interest in working with a diverse portfolio of clients across multiple industries.
Do Your Talents Include the Following?
- Lead the architecture, implementation, and management of AWS-based cloud platforms.
- Design and administer enterprise-scale Kubernetes environments using Amazon EKS.
- Develop highly available, resilient, and scalable cloud-native architectures.
- Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or AWS CDK.
- Establish CI/CD pipelines and GitOps practices using modern DevOps tooling.
- Build observability capabilities using monitoring, logging, and alerting frameworks.
- Design secure cloud architectures aligned with industry security and compliance standards.
- Lead cloud migration, containerization, and application modernization initiatives.
- Optimize cloud performance, reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency.
- Provide technical leadership across client engagements and delivery teams.
- Mentor cloud engineers and architects while promoting engineering excellence.
- Support proposal development, solution architecture, and new business pursuits.
- Maintain strong relationships with delivery engineers and architects so that proposed solutions reflect real implementation experience.
- Communicate technical concepts clearly to engineers, architects, business stakeholders, and senior technology leaders.
- Demonstrate consulting behaviors including active listening, structured problem solving, professional communication, clear documentation, and ownership of commitments.
Your Educational and Professional Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., MIS, IS, Comp Sci., etc.).
- 5+ years working in professional services industry.
- Professional Certification:
- Required: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
- Preferred: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional & AWS Certified Security – Specialty
Our Hybrid Workplace
Protiviti practices a hybrid model, which is a combination of working in person with a purpose and working remotely. This model creates meaningful experiences for our people and our clients while offering a flexible environment. The ratio of remote to in-person requirements vary by client, project, team, and other business factors. Our people work both in-person in local Protiviti offices and on client sites, which can include local or out-of-state travel based on our projects and client requests and commitments.
Starting salary is based on a full-time equivalent schedule. Placement in the range is dependent upon experience, skills and geographic work location. Below is the salary range for this job.
$142,000.00 - $244,000.00
Our annual bonus plan provides eligible employees additional cash and/or discretionary stock compensation opportunities. Below is the bonus target opportunity for this job.
12%
The total cash range is estimated from the sum of the base salary range plus the bonus target opportunity. Below is the estimated total cash range for this job.
$159,040.00 - $273,280.00
Employees are eligible for medical, dental, and vision coverages, FSA and HSA healthcare accounts, life and accident insurance, adoption and fertility assistance, paid parental leave up to 10 weeks, and short/long term disability. We offer eligible employees a company 401(k) savings and investment plan with an employer match of 50% on the first 6% of your contributions. We provide Choice Time Off (CTO) for vacation, personal needs, and sick time. The amount of (CTO) varies based on years of service. New hires receive up to 20 days of CTO per calendar year. Protiviti also recognizes up to 11 paid holidays each calendar year.Learn more about the variety of rewards we offer at Protiviti at https://www.protiviti.com/sites/default/files/2026-01/2026_u.s._benefit_highlights.pdf .
Any benefits outlined are part of our reward offerings for full-time employees in the U.S. Your Open Enrollment materials, insurance contracts, plan documents and Summary Plan Descriptions together comprise the official plan document which legally governs the administration of your benefit plans. Protiviti reserves the right to terminate or amend your benefit plans in any way and at any time.
Protiviti is an Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/Disability/Veteran
As part of Protiviti’s employment process, any offer of employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check.
Protiviti is committed to being an equal employment employer offering opportunities to all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. If you believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to apply for a position, please contact us by sending an email to HRSolutions@roberthalf.com or call 1.855.744.6947 for assistance.
In your email please include the following:
- The specific accommodation requested to complete the employment application.
- The location(s) (city, state) to which you would like to apply.
For positions located in San Francisco, CA: Protiviti will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
For positions located in Los Angeles County, CA: Protiviti will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
Protiviti is not registered to hire or employ personnel in the following states – West Virginia, Alaska.
Protiviti is not licensed or registered as a public accounting firm and does not issue opinions on financial statements or offer attestation services.
JOB LOCATION
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